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SUITE DEBATE KELSEY HIPKIN, Reporter/Photographer
Petition forces secondary suites back on to the agenda CODY STUART
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algary’s long-running debate on secondary suites has gone viral. The latest salvo in the bid to gain wider acceptance for secondary
suites comes by way of an online petition backed by the student unions at Calgary’s two universities along with Vibrant Communities Calgary, a group dedicated to addressing poverty in the city. The petition, titled Calgarians for Secondary Suites, began popping up
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on Facebook and Twitter over the weekend, demanding the City make a plebiscite on the issue part of the 2017 municipal election. A successful plebiscite would bring an end to one of the longest running debates at Calgary city council, with the issue dating back to Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s first mayoral campaign. “In my view, let’s legalize secondary suites. Other cities have done it and I really can’t, for the life of me, understand why we’re dragging our heels on this policy,” said Kent Hehr, MLA for Calgary-Buffalo.
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A proponent of citywide legalization of the suites, Hehr is one of the thousands who have shared the link to the online petition since it launched. “We have a real affordable housing issue in this city, not only for firsttime homebuyers, but (because) there’s an abundance of homelessness,” said Hehr. “This is just something that is necessary to the development of our city to continue going forward. “It really makes sense. It not only helps new homeowners, it helps people find affordable living places because there are more of them out there.”
Calgary Buffalo MLA Kent Hehr is one of the thousands of Calgarians who’ve shared the link to an online petition asking city council to make a plebiscite on secondary suites part of the 2017 municipal election.
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NEWS BRIEFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A3
AUG12 3535 SEP12 3486 OCT12 3114 NOV12 2586 DEC12 1859 JAN13 2075 FEB13 2048 MAR13 2727 APR13 2977 MAY13 3311 3199 JUN13 2917 JUL13 2791 AUG13 SEP13 2789 2705 OCT13 NOV13 2171 DEC13 1515 JAN14 1671 FEB14 1894 MAR14 2052 2445 APR14 2919 MAY14 3128 JUN14 3056 JUL14 3021 AUG14
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*All statistics based on monthly data compiled by CREB® via MLS® activity.
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s of Sept. 1, new school and playground zones are in effect for Calgarians. Motorists must observe speeds of 30 km/h in playground zones from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week, while school zones are in effect 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on school days only. Calgary is home to 180 school zones and more than 1,500 playground zones. The consistent time changes have been created to improve pedestrian
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EVENT LISTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A6
WEEKLY FEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A6 MORTGAGE RATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A14 COMMERCIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A15 MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B1 OPEN HOUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B19 MLS® STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B19 August 2014
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